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Cropping and Rotating!
Year 4 have started their new computing unit of image editing. Today, they learned how to edit images within the ipad software. They looked at how cropping and rotating an image can really alter your viewer’s opinions.
Peace at Christmas
In RE, we have learned that the title, ‘Prince of Peace,’ is often used to refer to Jesus Christ especially during the Christmas season. We looked at symbols of peace and talked about what peace means to us. We listened to the gospel accounts of the birth of Jesus and...
How has Barley Mow changed over the years?
In geography, we have been using aerial photographs from the past to study the changes to Barley Mow and the surrounding area. The first photograph we looked at was from 1945. We noticed that the main use of land around where we live was agriculture. Using...
Perfect Puppets?
Year 2 were very proud of their animal puppets they made for younger children. To end the unit of work, like all designers, the last task was to evaluate their finished work. They discussed what went well and what could be improved if they made a puppet again to make...
Frida Kahlo
Year 5 have enjoyed sketching and painting in the style of Frida Kahlo. They even turned their fabulous artwork into their 2023 calendars to take home.
Fun with Shapes
Year 1 have been learning to recognise and name 2D and 3D shapes and have been finding out about their properties. We have had fun spotting shapes around the classroom, building with shapes, making patterns with shapes, guessing shapes in a feely bag, making shape...
Report Writing 📝
In English, Year 2 have been reading the book ’Santa Trap’ which is about a little boy called Bradley who is determined to trap Santa and ruin Christmas! At the end of the story, our job was to write a detailed report for Santa explaining all about Bradley’s behaviour...
It’s Christmas!
Year 5 and 6 came together today to party, dance and play games in an end of year celebration. Everyone joined in and had an amazing Christmas party.
Christingles
Year 3 have been learning about why Christians make Christingles at Christmas time and then made their own. The orange represents the world. The red ribbon represents the love of God and Jesus’ blood on the cross. The sweet items on cocktail sticks represent God’s...
Christmas Crackers
The children in Years 3 and 4 had an absolute blast today at their Christmas party. They danced, sang, played games and ate party food until they dropped! All children (and staff) were in excellent festive spirits and whole-heartedly enjoyed the celebrations with...
Christmas Choir in the Community!
Children from years 3-6 have had the opportunity to be part of the school choir. The pupils have shown real commitment by dedicating one lunch time a week to practise songs in their own time. Each Wednesday, the children have shown up full of smiles and raring to go....
Year 1 & 2’s Christmas Party
The key stage one children have had a fun filled afternoon at their Christmas party. They enjoyed impressing us with their dance moves, playing corners, musical bumps and musical statues, pass the parcel and heads & tails. This was then followed by a yummy party...